Car buffing device.



W. E. WINE.

CAR BUFFING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED APR. a. 1915.

1,215,456, Patented Fe 13, 1917.

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. invention; Figure 1 is the housing 1 is provided WILLIAM E. WINE, OF-TOLEDO, OHIO.

' CAR BUFFING DEVICE.

To all whom it may concern. I

Be it known that I, WILLIAM El WINE, a citizen of theUnited State's, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and the State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Car Bufiing Devices, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to improvements in buihng devices intended for application to the end sills of freight cars for supplementing the bufling action of the draft gears.

With the rapidly increasing size of locomotives and tractive' force thereof, and the increased size and lengths of trains to be hauled thereby, it has been found that modern draft gears have not been sufiiciently strong or of a capacity to absorb a suliicient amount of the bufling force to protect a car structure.

It has further been observed that a great many cars are' at present in service with the center line of the draft gear considerably eccentric to the center line of the center sills, which ultimately take the bufling strains.

Therefore, the object of my invention is to so construct a buffing device that it will cooperate with the draft gear in absorbing additional bufling strains.

A further object of my invention is to have a buffing device that will cooperate with the horn of a coupler in absorbing a great portion of the buffing strains and transmit them in a more direct line through the center sills of the car.

With these and other objects hereinafter explained in view of my invention consists in the construction and combination of elements hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate the preferred embodiment of my a partial plan view and a partial section on line AA of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of same. Fig. 3 is a section of the device on line B-B of Fig. 2.

Similar characters designate similar parts throughout theseveral figures of the draw: ings.

Referring now to the parts by number; with the chamber 2 located so that when applied to the car it when the device is in its Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb, 13, 1917. Application filed April 3, 1916. Serial No. 88,622. F

Will. be in-line with he horn of a coupler. In this chamber 2 is located the bufling block 3, which cooperate with the flat plate springs 4. The bufier block 3 being provided with ends 5 which contact with flanges vided with a curved rear bears on springs4 near its central point normal position.

When assembling this device the buffer block 3 is inserted into position shown by dotted'lines as 3 shown by full lines. The springs 4 are then inserted one at a.time through the slot 10 in the top of thehousingand'moved into that revolve in position position until thespace between-buffer block 3 andshoulders 11 has been completely filled. The rear walls of chamber 2 are provided with openings 12 through which meanscan be inserted to position the spring plates 4. V

The bottom walls 13 of chamber 2 are provided with openings 14 through which means may be inserted for removing the spring plates 4 in case it is desirable to disassemble the device. 7 I

The device as shown on the drawings is provided with extended lugs or bosses 8 on the opposite sides 'thereoffor the reception of the ends of truss rods 9, when used with wood underframe cars. However, when used on the steel underframe cars any suitable attaching means can be provided.

It will be understood from this description that although the improvements of this invention are simple, they accomplish in a thoroughly. practical manner all the objects sought and that by their employment a great portion of the bufiing strains will be diverted from the draft gear, thus relieving the draft gear of much extreme wear and usage. Furthermore, repairs to this device can be much more easily made than to a draft gear and it will also be noted that the only wear produced in the device will be caused through movement in bufling.

It will of course be understood that I do not desire to be limited to the specific construction shownon the drawings as it is obvious that changes in construction and arrangement may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, I

aim in the appended claims to cover all modifications which do not involve a departure from its spirit and scope.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. In a buffing device, the combination of a housing provided with an integral rear wallportlon, a leaf spring member, and buflmg means communlcating with said spring 'member, said housing also being provided a housing provided with an integral rear" wall portion having two oppositely disposed seats, a leaf spring member engaging said seats, and bufling meanscommunicating with said spring member, said housing being also provided with a contracted opening for the reception of said buffing means, said buffing means being adapted to be inserted longr tudinally through said opening and revolved horizontally into position within the hous= ing, s'aid'spring member being adapted when mg adapted to be inserted through said in position to prevent the removal of said bufling means.

3. In a bufling device, the combination of a housing provided with an integral rear wall portion having seats thereon, said housing also having a portion of its front wall cut away forming flanges on opposite sides thereof, a leaf spring member comprising a plurality of flat spring plates adapted to engage said seats and a bufling means provided with a rearwardly extending portion of a curved form adapted to engage said spring member, said buffing means being provided with end portions engaging the flanges on said housing, said housing being also provided with an opening for the insertion of said leaf spring'plates, said buffing means being adapted to be inserted longitudinally into said housing between said'flanges and positioned within the housing with the end portions thereof in engagement with said flanges, said spring member being adapted when in position to' prevent the removal of said buffing means.

This SPGClfiCiLtlOIL SlgIlQCl and witnessed this 1st day of April, 1916". I

- W. E. WINE. In the presence of R. F. TILLMAN, L. J. TILLMAN. I

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D; 0'. 

